Advanced Custom Fields Import & Update

 

WP Ultimate CSV Importer supports ACF Import. ACF Import Feature allows to import/update the custom fields of ACF Free as well as Pro. You can import/update your custom fields data either instantly or schedule it to do later. The import process follows the same as that of Simple Post import. To use the ACF Import plugin, install it from WordPress.org for the free plugin or else you can buy ACF importer.

Supported Modules

Posts	Pages	Custom Posts	Users
Event	Location	Recurring Events	Woocommerce
Woocommerce Attributes	Woocommerce Categories	Woocommerce Tags	WP eCommerce
Tags	Categories	Custom Reviews	Taxonomies

ACF Import

You can create as many custom fields based on your requirement.

 

How to create ACF data and import with WP Ultimate CSV Importer?

Step 1: Download the free plugin from WordPress or else buy the ACF Pro plugin.

Step 2: Create new custom fields in ACF on your needs.

Step 3: Click on publish to add respective fields in post/page.

Step 4: Prepare CSV file

Prepare the CSV file which contains all the details of the ACF fields.

Advanced Custom Fields

Click here to download the ACF CSV sample File for trying test import.

The below table listed all the ACF fields format values that are helpful to prepare a proper CSV file.

ACF Fields	Description & CSV Values	CSV Sample Value
Text	Add your single line text.	WP Ultimate CSV Importer
Text Area	Add your paragraph with multiple lines.	WP Ultimate CSV Importer lets you to import or update your WordPress website content from any CSV/XML file.
Number	Any numeric value.	769837219
Range	Specific your range value	100
Email	Use the standard email format with @ and dot representation.	[email protected]
URL	Specify your URL. (Page URL, Post URL or any external URL)	https://www.smackcoders.com/wp-ultimate-csv-importer-pro.html
Password	Add your own password with any value.	[email protected]!jfj9ftn
Wysiwyg Editor	Any type of text values are supported	WP Ultimate CSV Importer * Import/ Update * Instant/ Scheduled import
Image	Mention the image path of your WordPress media gallery or any publicly accessible External URL.	https://cdn.smackcoders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/web_development_home_page.png
File	Specify the file path in your WordPress Media gallery. External URL are not supported.	–
oEmbed	Mention your youtube video URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tdiOjw4EDk
Gallery	Specify your WordPress Media URL or any publicly accessible external URL. Multiple images are separated using Comma separator.	https://cdn.smackcoders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mobile_app_development_home_page.png,https://cdn.smackcoders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/application_integration_home_page.png,https://cdn.smackcoders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Email-Customizer-Logo.png
Select	Provide the values of your select option to select the desired one. Multiple values are selected by using Comma(,) separation Eg: Gold Silver Platinum Diamond	Silver,Gold,Diamond
Checkbox	Provide the checkbox values in your CSV file. To enable multiple checkboxes provide the values in Comma(,) separation. Eg: Yellow Blue Green Red	Yellow,Blue,Red
Radio Button	Specify the radio button value to be selected. Eg:Yellow Blue Green	Blue
Button Group	Specify the button value to be selected. Eg:Medium Small Large	Small
True/ False	Specify the desired value True – 1 False – 0	1
Link	Specify your Post or Page or any external link.	https://www.smackcoders.com/wp-ultimate-csv-importer-pro.html
Page Link	Specify your WordPress page URL. Mention multiple pages using Comma(,) separator.	https://www.smackcoders.com/wp-ultimate-csv-importer-pro.html,https://www.smackcoders.com/wp-leads-builder-any-crm-pro.html
Post Object	Specify the Post ID. Multiple values are separated in Comma(,) separation.	356,598.870
Relationship	Relate multiple post by mentioning the Post ID in Comma(,) separation.	345,466,897
Taxonomy	Specify your Terms & taxonomies ID in your CSV. For Multiple values use comma(,) separator.	86,38,63
User	Mention your User ID. To assign multiple user mention the ID in Comma(,) separation.	567,379,648
Google Map	Specify your exact geo location with Geo Codes.	Smackcoders Inc, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India|8.7149916|77.73236250000002.
Date Picker	Mention the date value in standard format. DD/MM/YYYY	25/09/2018
Date time Picker	Specify the date(DD/MM/YYYY) and time(HH/MM/SS).	25/09/2018 05:18pm
Color Picker	Mention your color code(HEX Code).	#0000ff

 

Step 5: Upload the CSV file in WP Ultimate CSV Importer. You can view the ACF field in the mapping section.

Step 6: The next step is media handling. Configure the options based on your needs.

Step 7: Finally, run the import. For more detailed explanation, please refer here

ACF Repeater Fields

The ACF repeater fields allow you to create a set of subfields that comes up repeatedly. This is used when you have to create and manage very customized data.

Repeater Field Sample CSV File With WordPress Ultimate CSV Importer you can import any Repeater values of ACF. You can easily separate the repeater values using Pipeline(|) separator.

Eg: Let’s repeat Text(Car Name) & Radio button(Fuel type – Petrol or Diesel) Values.

1. Q5 35 TDI Premium Plus – Petrol
2. A6 35 TDI Matrix – Diesel
3. Q7 45 TDI Quattro Technology – Diesel

Along with your post details add two additional columns in your CSV file – one for Car Name & other for Fuel Type. Now mention the values in pipeline separator.

• Car Name – Q5 35 TDI Premium Plus|A6 35 TDI Matrix|Q7 45 TDI Quattro Technology
• Fuel Type – Petrol|Diesel|Diesel

 

Repeater of Repeater ACF fields

Repeater acts as a parent for subfields. The repeater provides a neat solution for repeating contents like team members, CTA.

WP Ultimate CSV Importer allows you to import the Repeater of Repeater ACF field values. The values are separated using -> (hyphen & less than) and | (Pipeline).

Eg: Repeater field (Model Name – Q5,A6,Q7) Repeater of Repeater(Car Name – Q5 35 TDI Premium Plus, Q5 35 TDI Technology,A6 35 TDI Matrix,A6 35 TFSI Matrix,Q7 45 TDI Quattro Technology,Q7 45 TDI Design Edition). After adding your necessary post information, add two additional columns in your CSV,

• Models – Q5|A6|Q7
• Cars – Q5 35 TDI Premium Plus->Q5 35 TDI Technology|A6 35 TDI Matrix->A6 35 TFSI Matrix|Q7 45 TDI Quattro Technology->Q7 45 TDI Design Edition.

Update WordPress data with ACF Fields

This plugin lets you update the existing WordPress fields with the help of ACF custom fields. Once you upload your CSV/XML file, click the Existing Items option. Then choose your post_type from the dropdown. This plugin also lets you update the existing WordPress ACF fields. Once you upload your CSV/XML file, click the Existing Items option. Then choose your desired post_type from the dropdown.

The data update is done based on the text or number field. So while you’re in the import section, enable the Do you want to update the records based on ACF Fields? option and enter the name of the text or number field.

The update will be done based on the ACF field name you have entered.

Note: The Field Mapping and Media Handling follows the same procedure you do for import.

ACF Flexible Content Field import and export

ACF flexible content field is a block-based editor designed with layouts and sub-fields. You can import and export flexible content fields data as CSV/XML along with the other fields and assigned post type like pages, posts, or custom posts using the CSV Importer Pro plugin.

Import Flexible Content Field into WordPress

To import flexible content field data into your website, all you first need to do is prepare a proper CSV/XML file. If you want to prepare a CSV file to import, follow the fields value format to give inside CSV in the below table. The table shows as a reference for one flexible content field with two layouts.

 

ACF Fields	Description & CSV Values	CSV Sample Value
Text	Specify text values. To specify text values for multiple layouts, separate values with a pipeline separator.	Text Field label1|Text Field label2
Textarea	To include values for textarea fields in multiple layouts, separate each layout values with pipelines.	Textarea content 1|Textarea content 1a
Number	Provide numeric values for many layouts’ number fields.	190|180
Range	Specify range values. Separate multiple layout values using a pipeline.	83|50
Email	Enter mail address here.	[email protected]|[email protected]
URL	Include page, post, or any external url. Provide a pipeline to separate urls to include in multiple layouts.	https://www.smackcoders.com/documentation/ultimate-csv-importer-pro/how-to-import-csv-and-xml|https://www.smackcoders.com/documentation/ultimate-csv-importer-pro/how-to-import-json
Password	Give a password including special characters, alphabets, and numbers.	admin123|pwd123
Image	Give your WordPress site a media image url or any external image url. Separate multiple layout image field values with pipelines.	https://cdn.smackcoders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/web_development_home_page.png|https://cdn.smackcoders.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/web_development_home_page.png
File	Supports only the file path of your media library.	http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Post.csv|http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CMS-138.jpg
Wysiwyg editor	Add any type of text values in this field.	You can write your wysiwyg editor content here1|You can write your wysiwyg editor content here2
oEmbed	Provide any youtube url. Use pipelines to separate the values of different layouts.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHPpS0uZzeU&t=17s|https://youtu.be/ngzGlpfEh7I
Gallery	Mention WordPress media URLs or external urls in comma separator. If you want to add gallery images for many layouts then separate each layout value with a pipeline.	http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CMS-125.jpg,http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CMS-117.jpg|http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CMS-118.jpg,http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CMS-147.jpg,http://localhost/wordpress5811/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CMS-119.jpg
Select	Provide values for the select field. Use comma separator for separating multiple select values and to separate multiple select block values including a pipeline.	one,two|two
Checkbox	Mention the checkbox values and separate multiple values with commas. Separate multiple checkbox field values using pipeline to include inside many layouts.	red,green|red
Radio Button	Mention radio button values for many blocks separated with a pipeline.	male|female
Button Group	Specify the value for the button to select.	small|medium
True/ False	Specify 1 to select true and 0 for false.	1|0
Link	Mention your post, page, or external url.	https://www.smackcoders.com/documentation/ultimate-csv-importer-pro/how-to-import-csv-file|https://www.smackcoders.com/documentation/ultimate-csv-importer-pro/how-to-import-csv-xml
Post Object	Mention the titles of your posts in comma separator. Specify the post values for multiple blocks with pipelines.	Blog Post-1|Blog Post-3
Page Link	Specify your page URLs.	https://www.smackcoders.com/documentation/ultimate-csv-importer-pro/how-to-import-csv|https://www.smackcoders.com/documentation/ultimate-csv-importer-pro/how-to-import-csv
Relationship	Mention multiple posts titles to relate.	Blog Post1, Blog Post2|Blog Post5, Blog Post3
Taxonomy	Specify taxonomies names	category1,catefory6|category3
User	Mention user IDs here.	1,3|2,3
Date Picker	Enter the date values.	20220317|20220318
Datetime Picker	Specify the date time value.	2022-03-04 00:00:00|2022-03-24 00:15:00
Time Picker	Mention time value in the defined format.	00:00:00|16:00:00
Color Picker	Specify the colors hex value.	#eeee22|#969696

 

In your CSV file you also need to mention the layouts you want to fill values like this.

flexible content

Mention the layouts in comma separator.

flex_label,flex_label

 

Here ‘flexible content’ is the field name, ‘flex_label,flex_label’ are the layout names.

After you prepare the CSV, follow the upcoming steps to import it into WordPress.

• Upload the CSV in the CSV Importer plugin and select the post type from the dropdown.
• Then map the CSV fields using ‘advanced mode’ or ‘drag & drop mode’. Map all the fields in the ACF Flexible Fields widget.
• Move to the next step and configure media handling.
• Click Import to import CSV instantly. To know more about importing and scheduling the import, refer to the Import and schedule CSV data documentation.

Export Flexible Content Field data

You can export ACF flexible content field data along with Posts, Pages, or Custom Posts data export. To export flexible content field data,

• Move to the Export tab and select the post type which can be Pages, Posts,  Custom Posts, or WooCommerce.
• If you select Custom Posts, select one Custom Post name from the beside dropdown.
• Give a name for the file to export and select one file type.
• Configure advanced filter. To know more about this, refer to our export data with CSV Importer documentation.
• Click Export.
• After the file is ready to export. Click download to save the backup on your local desktop.

Other Links

• How to Export and Import ACF Fields
• Jet Engine Data Import Using CSV importer